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Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.)

 Organization

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

Union Literary Society records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 67
Scope and Contents The Centenary College of Louisiana Union Literary Society records include a banner (circa 1859), printed items (1856, 1887), manuscript volumes (circa 1880-1915), and meeting minutes (1908-1925). The printed items include a program (1856) and invitations (1887). The earliest manuscript volume (circa 1880-1897) contains membership lists and the society’s constitution, which outlines the duties of officers. Another manuscript volume (1908-1909, 1915) contains membership lists and meeting...
Dates: 1856 - 1925

University Publishing Company stock certificate

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 56
Scope and Contents

Certificate to Centenary College of Louisiana as an owner of four-tenths of one share of stock in the University Publishing Company (New York, New York).

Dates: 1898

Otto S. Varnado thesis excerpt

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 260
Scope and Contents

Photocopy facsimile of an excerpt of Otto Stanley Varnado’s thesis, “A History of the Early Institutions of Higher Learning in Louisiana,” which was written for his master of arts degree at Louisiana State University. The excerpt contains a history of the College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) and Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.).

Dates: 1927

Jim Woodward essay

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 294
Scope and Contents

Jim Woodward’s essay, “A Brief History of Centenary College of Louisiana,” provides information about the College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.), Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.), and Centenary College of Louisiana (Shreveport, La.).

Dates: 1956

Robert Henry Wynn papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 539
Scope and Contents

The Robert Henry Wynn papers consist of student essays written by Wynn while enrolled at Centenary College of Louisiana. The essays are titled: “Nature Superior to Art” (1884), “Water, Wind, and Fire” (1884), “Duty” (1885), “Hypocrisy” (1885), “Imagination” (1886), and “The Second War with England” (undated).

Dates: 1884 - 1886

John Smith Young report card

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 142
Scope and Contents

John Smith Young’s report card from Centenary College of Louisiana.

Dates: 1854

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Correspondence 22
Clippings (information artifacts) 15
Diplomas 7
Literature -- Societies, etc. 6
Speeches (documents) 6